Salesforce Ventures

Our 2025 Year in Review is live 🚀 ✅ 44 new investments ✅ 30 follow-on investments ✅ 20+ M&A exits ✅ $1B AI Fund fully deployed ✅ New focus areas in robotics, defense, & energy Explore our full Year in Review: salesforceventures.com/sfv-2025/

Congrats to the 4️⃣ Salesforce Ventures portfolio companies named to @TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies of 2026 list: @AnthropicAI, @EmeraldAi_, @Lovable, and @MistralAI 🚀 Well deserved. time.com/collection/tim…

"Having spent time with @Benioff, I was really inspired by what can be built over decades of hard work, and effort, and persistence." @ChaseLochmiller, CEO of @CrusoeAI, discusses why he partnered with Salesforce Ventures for his company's Series E 📹

"I think we are going to build a lot more [AI] infrastructure at a much lower cost, partially because the reliability will be lower of those data centers." @CrusoeAI CEO @ChaseLochmiller on why he hopes to see a 40% reduction in costs for developing AI infra in the future 📹

"In many ways I think we may be under-building and underestimating the actual amount of computing infrastructure we're going to need as AI scales." @ChaseLochmiller, CEO of @CrusoeAI, on how model providers are thinking about scaling AI infrastructure to sustain demand 🎥

We're actively looking for founders building at the intersection of power and AI. If that's you, we'd love to connect 🤝 🔗 Read our thesis: salesforceventures.com/perspectives/e…

AI isn't just an energy demand driver — it's the most powerful tool we have to unlock more energy. Our portfolio companies @CrusoeEnergy, @WeaveGrid, @basepowerco, and @EmeraldAi_ are already building this stack. Energy innovation IS AI infrastructure innovation.

AI is the most transformative technology of our lifetime. But its scale is defined by electrons. We just published our energy investment thesis — 5⃣ technologies we believe will power the AI era. A thread 🧵 salesforceventures.com/perspectives/e…

Watch @ClaudineEmeott's fireside with @ChaseLochmiller 🔥 youtube.com/watch?v=4eWkNL…

"If everything goes right, I think @CrusoeAI will be one of the critical infrastructure providers to the AI ecosystem." @ChaseLochmiller shares with @ClaudineEmeott his ambition to make Crusoe the "core operating system to the AI economy." 📹 Full interview in comments 👇

The full AI Pricing Report is now live on our blog, featuring all of our data, frameworks, and guidance. If you're building or buying AI products right now, it's worth a read. salesforceventures.com/perspectives/t…

AI investment is accelerating rapidly🏃 86% of buyers say their AI spend increased in the past year. 92% expect it to keep growing. The market isn't waiting for pricing to get figured out. But founders who solve it faster will capture the most value.

Announcing the Salesforce Ventures AI Pricing Report 🤑 We surveyed 300+ startup and enterprise executives on AI pricing. 87% of sellers plan to change their pricing in the next 12-18 months. Pricing is a massive, ongoing experiment. Here's what the data shows 🧵